Once I discovered the cruising grounds at the base of Diamond Head near Waikiki-and right across the street from a good surf spot-I visited as often as I could. I was 18 and horny as hell. After the first time I'd gotten a blow job from a guy, I'd simply added gay sex to my limited repertoire of ways to get off; masturbation, hand jobs from girls, head from girls, the way-too-occasional backseat fuck. Now I kept my eyes open for opportunities for gay sex.
One day I parked on the surf spot side of the road and checked the surf. It wasn't any good. Still, I lingered. I waited till no other surfers were around, then I crossed the road, slipped into the bushes and onto one of the trails that made a maze of the whole area.
The sun was blazing and it was hot. Though there were thick bushes, there wasn't much shade. You could smell the dust of the trail, the creosote of the kiawe and the salt of the ocean. Mynah birds squawked somewhere in the distance.
I had gone just a few yards when I came to a narrow spot in the trail There was a steep hillside dropping down on the left and a low rocky cliff on the on the right. A guy was right there. To pass, I'd have to pass close. He was leaning back casually against the cliff face, standing on one leg, the other braced behind him. It was a black guy. A big black guy.
He looked at me. I looked away and made to step past him. As I did, he said 'hey', and I looked up.
Oddly for a hot day on the south shore of Oahu, he wore a leather vest, shirtless, and he had on leather pants. I figured he went with the Harley parked down on the street.
I was intimidated. I had just turned 18 and was not very experienced. Not at all with black men. And the guy was big. Lots bigger than me. As my eyes quickly dropped from brief eye contact, I saw that he wasn't just big, he was fit-big. Kinda scary actually.
"See ya," he said in a quiet voice as I stepped past. I looked at him again and he gave me a nod and a smile. I could feel his eyes on me as I walked away up the path.
Naturally I started thinking about him right away. I was up there for some man sex, after all. I started thinking, maybe he wasn't that scary. His smile seemed nice, anyway. I had this other thought: what a cliche the two of us getting together would be! Little blond boy, big black man.
Then a picture sprang up out of memory. Have you ever checked out drawings by Tom of Finland? He draws scenes of hyper masculine gay men. Some are of bikers, others of prison camp guards, fetish stuff like that. Well, the black guy I'd just walked past was right out of one of those drawings. And I'd jacked off to that drawing!
I walked on and made a few turns up the trail, then came to a straight section. When I got to the top of it I looked back. Sure enough, there was that black leather guy, maybe following the path, maybe following me.
Right up ahead was a little side trail that led to a pretty private little clearing in a thicket of kiawe and hoale koa bushes. I'd gotten a blow job there before. I saw that it was empty, so I slipped in.